The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties is a history book about life and events in China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, between the Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty in the thirteenth century and the invasion by the Manchus from northeastern Asia, following extreme cold and drought in the 1630s.
The book is written by Timothy Brook, a distinguished Canadian historian who specializes in the study of China (Sinology).
Synopsis
The book explores how periods of climate cooling affected the stability of Yuan and Ming China.
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External links
The Troubled Empire at Harvard University Press